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5 barriers to buying
You know (even if you have those moments of self doubt) that you offer a great service.. But somehow your ideal clients aren’t exactly beating down your door begging to sign up, or to offer you work. Here are 5 reasons you may not have considered which are acting as barriers to buying, and, of course, what you could do about it.
Should you follow the money or follow your heart?
When you’re developing a business idea, should you follow the money or should you follow your heart?
Client red flags to watch out for
In a recent group coaching session, a client mentioned that she had been talking to a potential client who 'had a lot of complaints about their previous teachers.' RED FLAG ALERT!!!Of course people can have bad experiences, maybe even more than once, but if you're...
How to stop scarcity mindset negatively impacting your income
Scarcity mindset is the often unconscious belief that there is never enough. If you've ever told yourself that you don't have enough time to make changes in your business or lifestyle, or that there aren't enough clients out there, or that you'll never earn decent...
Why social media marketing is just like (good) teaching
As educators, my clients often envisage social media marketing as being like shouting into a megaphone about how great they are… but good social media marketing is more like teaching than you might think.
One cause of stress you may not have thought about
Whenever I talk about stress and overwhelm, I usually mention two main groups of causes:.Firstly, physical, practical causes, like not eating well, not getting enough sleep and so on.Secondly, issues around people pleasing, perfectionism, setting healthy...
5 reasons why we fail to take action
There’s something we want to achieve or do, but somehow we never seem to get around to it. The days and weeks pass, and it’s still on our to do list.
Why?
How to make deadlines work better for you.
Plenty of people say to me, ‘I would never get anything done if it wasn’t for deadlines; it isn’t until the deadline starts to get near that I can get myself started.’ It can definitely be an effective strategy in terms of getting stuff done. However, it means that...
The dark side to always being busy
Have you considered that always being busy may actually be an indicator that things actually AREN’T going that well for you?
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